HLA B27 as Predisposition Factor to Suffer Age Related Macular Degeneration

作     者：Enrique Villegas Becerril Rafael Gonzalez Fernandez Luis Perula Torres Manuel Santos Lacomba Jose Maria Gallardo Galera 

作者机构：Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia Cordoba Spain Faculty of Medicine University of Cordoba Spain Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia C/Conchita Cintron n 4 Atico 2 CP 14011 

出 版 物：《Cellular & Molecular Immunology》 (中国免疫学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第6卷第4期

页      面：303-307页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 071010[理学-生物化学与分子生物学] 081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 070104[理学-应用数学] 0701[理学-数学] 

主　　题：HLA alleles ARMD HLA B27 patient with ARMD 

摘      要：To research whether specific alleles HLA class Ⅰ （HLA-A and HLA-B） and class Ⅱ （HLA-DR） are risk factors for the development of exudative type of Age Related Macular Degeneration（ARMD）, HLA antigens are expressed both in normal and affected eyes with ARMD. We designed a prospective case-controlled study. We recruited 75 patients with choroidal neovascuiarization predominantly classic or occult, secondary to ARMD, and treated with photodynamic therapy. Two hundred and fifty patients over 55 years old, without ophthalmologic pathology who went to hospital for an analytical routine check were used as control. The analysis of the data shows a significant difference between two groups. Allele HLA-B27 correlated positively with ARMD （p 〈 0.0113）. However, we didn＇t find alleles negatively associated. Thus HLA-B27 is an allele predisposed to suffer ARMD.